开个帖子跟踪、摘抄美国之音的“美语怎么说”。一面给自己学习用，一面也分享给大家。
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山寨版的假名牌是knockoff。例句：The watch is a knockoff!
山寨明星脸是lookalike。例句：You're a Lady GaGa lookalike.
山寨的艺术作品是spoof。例句：阿凡提.达 is a spoof of Avatar.
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山寨直接就是"shanzhai“，已经上了公司大会的presentation, 算是中国为英语词汇做的一个贡献。
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爆冷门叫upset（重音在前面）。例句：It's an upset.
赛前被看好的一方叫favorite。例句：The law school team was the favorite to win the game.
赛前不被看好的一方叫underdog。例句：That's why I always cheer for the underdog...
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啤酒肚叫beer belly, 或者keg
六块腹肌叫six-pack abs
仰卧起坐叫sit-up
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情侣分手是break up。例句：She broke up with her boyfriend.
劈腿/对伴侣不忠是cheat on。例句：He cheated on the girl he was gonna marry.
俩人一刀两断叫cut ties。例句：Is it the time to cut ties with my girl friend?
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thanks
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谢谢分享，有空多和大家分享一些，一起学习。
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吓死了是scared to death
吓得毛发倒立是to make one's hair stand on end
吓得浑身冰凉是to make one's blood run cold
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扫货叫go on a shopping spree。例句：I went on a shopping spree after getting my scholarship money!
烧包叫money is burning a hole in one's pocket。例句：Your money was burning a hole in your pocket.
光看不买是window shopping。例句：I'll make sure we only go window shopping!
另：
扫货中文是不是也可以叫做“血拼”？
烧包似乎应该是“骚包”才对吧？
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“爽约，没来”可以说no-show。例句：The person was a no-show!
放别人鸽子可以说stand someone up。例句：Last month, I had a date with a really cute guy, but he stood me up!
被别人放鸽子可以说get stood up。例句：I got stood up!
相亲可以说blind date。例句：You went on a blind date! Blind dates usually end up bad.
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特别忙、事情很多：
I'm up to my neck in work.
I've got my hands full.
I have a lot on my plate.
I've got a million things to do!
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the excerption from the VOA
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Don't have a cow.
Chill out.
Take a chill pill.
Don't panic.
Calm down.
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